Word Meanings - UNMASK - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.
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- DETECTOR BAR
A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train , laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until all the train is past the switch. - EXPOSER
One who exposes or discloses. - EXPOSEDNESS
The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation. - DISCOVERTURE
A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. (more info) 1. Discovery. - DISCOVERABLE
Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry. - DISCOVERY
1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next - EXPOSE
1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection. Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them - DISCOVERER
1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A scout; an explorer. Shak. - UNMASK
To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose. - DETECTION
The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot. Such secrets of guilt are never from detection. D. Webster. - DISCOVERT
Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow. - DISCOVERY DAY
= Columbus Day, above. - DETECTER
One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector. - DETECT
Detected. Fabyan. - DETECTABLE; DETECTIBLE
Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable. "Errors detectible at a glance." Latham. - DISCOVERMENT
Discovery. - DISCOVER
descovrir, descouvrir, F. découvrir; des- + couvrir to 1. To uncover. Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. Abp. Grindal. 2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show . Go, draw - DISCOVERABILITY
The quality of being discoverable. Carlyle. - DETECTOR
One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. Shak. A deathbed's detector of the heart. Young. Bank-note detector, a publication containing a description of genuine and counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable persons to discriminate between them. - DESCRY
what was espied, fr. OF. descrier to proclaim, cry down, decry, F. décrier. The word was confused somewhat with OF. descriven, E. 1. To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover. - INDISCOVERY
Want of discovery. - OVEREXPOSE
To expose excessively; specif. , - INDISCOVERABLE
Not discoverable; undiscoverable. J. Conybeare. - PREDISCOVERY
A previous discovery. - REDISCOVER
To discover again.